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Care Leavers as Energy Champions Project

18th October 2022

The National House Projects’ fight against fuel poverty continues as they launch the ‘Care leavers as Energy Champions Project’, funded through the Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme. This energy project aims to inform, educate and raise awareness of energy efficiencies by providing intensive support with lasting solutions so that this vulnerable group can avoid fuel poverty and sustain their tenancies.

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Project Launch in Tameside & Stockport

18th October 2022

A new scheme has been launched in Tameside to enable young care leavers to turn a house into a home and develop the skills they need to live independently. ‘The House Project’ is a life-changing nationwide initiative that brings together groups of young care leavers, to support  them in developing life skills from property maintenance to cooking and financial management and provides them with a property to renovate – which then becomes their home.

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Project Launch in Manchester & Trafford

16th October 2022

A new scheme has been launched in Trafford to enable young care leavers to make their first home and develop the skills they need to live independently. ‘The House Project’ is a nationwide initiative that brings together groups of young care leavers, teaches them life skills from property maintenance to cooking and financial management and provides them with a property to renovate – which then becomes their home.

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Networking Event at House Project
Networking Event at House Project

An excellent night at House Project Peterborough, our young people got to be involved in a networking event with Buckles Law, PrinceBuild, NatWest, Peterborough City Council and bestselling author Chris Wild. It was electric with mock interview's and speeches, creating opportunities like this is what the House Project prides itself on.

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House Project bricklaying at Constructed Pathways
House Project bricklaying at Constructed Pathways

An amazing work experience opportunity for three of our young men in the House Project, getting hands on experience learning health and safety as well as bricklaying, giving real insight into the construction sector.

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£1 million National Lottery boost to help 2000 more care leavers build independent lives and influence change
£1 million National Lottery boost to help 2000 more care leavers build independent lives and influence change

The National House Project has been awarded a £1 million grant from The National Lottery Community Fund to help 2,000 more care leavers secure homes, build independence, and shape services, expanding its proven support program across England, Scotland, and Wales while amplifying young people’s voices.

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